Combined hoe and seed-planter.



' C. S. WINEY.

COMBINED HOE AND SEED PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-1,8, 1914.

Patented May 23, 1916.

CHRISTIAN S. WINEY, F MoAIiIfSTERVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED HOE AND SEED-PLANTER.

Application filed November 18, 1914.

Z '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN S. Vt lNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at lVlcAlisterville, in the county of Juniata and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Hoes and Seed-Planters, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide an implement combining a hoe and a hand operated corn planter, the device being so arranged that the hoe is capable of performing its usual functions and at the will of the operator seed can be dropped adjacent the hoe blade and thereby the device is converted into a planter.

More specifically, this invention provides a combined hoe and hand operated planter, in which the hoe blade is of the ordinary type while on the hoe handle means is provided whereby seed can be dropped adjacent the cutting edge of the hoe blade and an opening formed by the hoe blade can be used for planting seed dropped by this device.

A still further object ofthis invention is to provide a hand operated corn planter, the same being preferably mounted on the handle of a hoe on which there is provided an improved means whereby a uniform amount of seed is dropped by each operation of the device, and there is also provided an improved and novel means where by the likelihood of any seed being stuck or in any other Way retained to the feeding means is obviated, the same being removed. therefrom and deposited in the desired manner.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a device of the kind above de scribed, that is simple in construction, eflicient in operation, consists of the minimum number of parts and therefore can be manufactured for the minimum cost.

With these and other objects in view, this invention consists of certain novel constructions, combinations and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. a

In the accompanying drawings :Figure 1. is a view in side elevation of the improved device. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the improved seed dropping means. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the improved seed dropping mechanism.

Referring to the parts by reference nu- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916. Serial No. 872,810.

morals, the handle of the implement is designated by the numeral 10, and has at one end thereofa hoe blade 11 having an angular extension 12 that is positioned on one side of the handle and secured thereto by the means 13. A box or seed reservoir is carried by the handle 10 and comprises side plates 14, that are secured by any suitable means to the sides of the handle 10, and end pieces 15 are carried by the side plates 14: by means of the bolts 16; and, as 1s clearly shown in Fig. 2, these end pieces 15 are in spaced relation to the upper face of the handle 10 for a purpose hereinafter set forth. A cover or top 17 is secured to one of the end members 15 by means of the hinge 18, and a suitable lock 19 is carried adjacent the opposite end of the cover 17 from that to which the hinges are attached. A slide 20 is positioned on the upper face of the handle 10 and is operable between the side plates 14 of the seed box,'it of course being obvious that the slide moves under the ends 15 of the seed box, and adjacent one end of the slide is an opening 21. At the opposite extremity of the slide 20 from that of the formation of the opening 21 is a block 22 having a centrally disposed bore 23 formed therein, and pivotally connected to the block 22 is the rod 24- which in turn is pivotally connected to a hand lever 25 that is pivoted at 26 to the handle 10 and forms a means for operatingthe slide 20. The guiding rod 27 is rigidly carried by one of the end members 15 of the seed box and'passes through the centrally disposed bore 23 formed in the block 22, and wound about the same having one of its ends in engagement will the end member of the seed box by Whic the rod 27 is can ried and the other end thereof in engagement with the block 22 is a coil spring 28 that normally urges the block 22 away from the seed box, as is clearly shown in the accompanying drawings.

Formed in the handle 10 adjacent the end 15 of the seed box that caries the hinge 18 is a discharge opening 29, and a discharge spout 30 is secured to the sides of the handle 10 and straddles the lower face thereof so that seeds passing through the opening 29 will be efliciently guided in a direction toward the hoe blade 11.

It is of course obvious thatwhen seed is placed in the seed box, and it is wished to feed the same to the soil that has been openedby the hoe blade. 11, all that is neeessaryis to move the handle lever .25 a

direction toward the seed'box that obviously moves the slide 20 in the same direction, and

inasmuch as the seed in the seed box will, by gravity, fall into the opening 21 in the slide, the quantity thus fallen will be moved out of the box as the slide moves relative thereto, and when the openings 21 and 29 are .alined, the seed held heretofore in'the opening 21 will fall by gravity through the opening 29 and into the spout 30. and will be guided thereby to the opening in the soil made by the hoe blade.v Inasmuch as heretofore a source of'inconvenie'nce has been 1 experienced because of the fact that the seed being sown sticks or is clogged in the feeding means, there is provided withthis device, a means whereby the'opening 21 in the slide '20 is always cleared of the seed held thereby when the same is in alineme'nt with the opening 29. This means comprises a pair of substantially inverted U-shaped brackets 31 having thereon alined bearings 32 into which a rod or shaft 33 is placed.

YA' strand of wire is wound about said shaft 33 and forms a plurality of convolutio'ns'3i as is clearly. shown in Fig. 3, and the ends of the same project in a direction toward the upper face of the handle, the samebeing designated by the numeral 35. The portion of the wire from which this device is bent,

intermediate the convolutions eais so arranged as to forman elongated finger '36, that by gravity falls in aposition'as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2, and to space'the series of c'onvolutions 3i from thehearings 32 on't'he substantially inverted U-s haped brackets 31, area plurality of-"washers 37.

It will thus be'se'e'n that the means for clearing the opening'21 are capable of movement on the shaft or rod 33,

, As is. clearlyshown in the accompanying a drawings, the slide '20, whenin its normal position, extends beyond the end-oi the seed box adjacent. which the brackets :21 are placed and the finger 36 normally restson this projectingpiort on of the slide 20 as is clearly shown in Figs, 1 "and 2, and when the-lever 25 is operated fitl'lfl the slide 20 is 'move'd-to wardthe brackets 31, the'en'd of said slide 0 engages the ends 35 0f the wire Jaiiy" seed that might for any Freason from which thefinger 36 is formedland. thus y moves the said-finger 36 into the opening- '5 21, and as isobvious, clearsthe opening of whatsoever "be retained in the opening. The

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" lengthier that portidn ofl the slide so that extends beyond the opening 21 formed therein toward the brackets 31 is of such til the end of the finger 36 is positioned over the opening formed therein and thus the movement of the slide 20 is in no way hampered.

It is obvious that minor changes may be made in the form and construction of this invention Without departing from the material parts thereof. It is therefore not wished to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is wished to include all such as properly come within the scope claimed.

I claim:

1. In a combined hoe and seed dropper, a handle having an opening formed therein, a hoe blade attached thereto, a seed box secured thereto, a slide on 'said handle and passing through said seed box, said slide provided with an opening formed therein adapted to be placedin alinement with said opening in said handle for feeding seed contained in said seed box therefrom, brackets on said handle adjacent one end of said seed box, a rod carried by said brackets and a single strand of wire bent so as to form a finger, said finger being normally loosely in engagement with the upper face of'said slide and also having the ends thereof placed in the path of the end of said slide whereby when the same is moved, the endfof said slide will engage said, ends of said wire and move said finger intosaid opening formed in 'said slide when the same is in alinement with said opening in said handle.

2. Ina combined hoe and seed dropper, a handle, a seed reservoir, a hoe blade attached to said handle, a slide passing through said seed reservoir, having an opening formed therein, a means for clearing said opening in said slide of seed when said slide is moved to 'a certain position, said means comprising a finger adapted for engagement in said opening and abutment prongs adapted for engagement with the 'end of said slide to positively force said finger into said opening. I V

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRISTIAN s. WINEY.

Witnesses: 2

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